Posted by bleauberry on March 13, 2011, at 8:18:05
In reply to NYT Article - Psychiatrist's rationalization$$, posted by jane d on March 9, 2011, at 0:08:58
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> I found this article horrifying. The psychiatrist I saw didn't do this but he certainly sounds like many that have been described here. Is this really what most of them are like today? If so, why would anyone pay for this?
>Good question. I don't know. I do not pay them anymore.
I made a monumental challenging decision 3 years ago to not pay them anymore. History. It's been rough going since then, but.....not as rough as when I was under their care. In other words, my improvement did not begin until I cut the addiction of psychiatrists from my life. They were in fact prolonging my suffering rather than shortening it.
A humble creative Nurse Practitioner has been working with me ever since then and has done a far better job. She happens to also be licensed in psychiatry and she likes naturopathy in addition to meds. Her fee is only $90 for an entire hour, versus a psychiatrist who is $200 for 15 minutes. She blows them away in every measure.
As I learned in the book "Amalgam Illness" a well rounded open minded clinician of any type who will cooperate with you along your difficult journey stands a good chance of being a better ally for you than a specialist.
Bottom line. If the current doctor is not moving you forward, find another one. It isn't easy, and it is almost traumatic, kind of scary, but all successful journeys start out that way. Breaking out of your own comfort zone is very hard to do, but sometimes the very best thing to do.
If a psychiatrist was an expert on foods, diets, allergies, inflammation, bacteria, fungi, viruses, and heavy metals...the most common culprits hiding behind the psychiatric symptoms, then I would feel differently.
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